05-01-2005, 07:22 PM
MY SISTER'S KEEPER - Jodi Picoult
Anna Fitzgerald is thirteen years old. From the moment she was born, she knew she was special. Because Anna is a miracle of modern science – she was genetically created to save the life of her sister, Kate.
Kate has acute promyelocytic leukaemia. Anna is her allogenic donor – a perfect sibling match. Kate has spent much of her life in and out of hospital. And Anna, who is perfectly healthy, has spent most of her life in hospital with her.
Now Anna has had enough. So sheÂ’s found a lawyer from the newspaper and sheÂ’s going to persuade him to take on her case. SheÂ’s going to sue her parents for the right to her own body.
Gripping, thought-provoking, heart-breaking, My SisterÂ’s Keeper is a novel absolutely of our times.
PERDITA: THE LIFE OF MARY ROBINSON - Paula Byrne
Sex, fame and scandal in the theatrical, literary and social circles of late-eighteenth century England. One of the most flamboyant women of the late-eighteenth century, Mary Robinson's life was marked by reversals of fortune. After being raised by a middle-class father, Mary was married, at age fourteen, to Thomas Robinson. His dissipated lifestyle landed the couple and their baby in debtors' prison, where Mary wrote her first book of poetry and met lifelong friend Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire.
On her release, Mary quickly became one of the most popular actresses of the day, famously playing Perdita in The Winter's Tale for a rapt audience that included the Prince of Wales, who fell madly in love with her. She later used his copious love letters for blackmail.
This authoritative and engaging book presents a fascinating portrait of a woman who was variously darling of the London stage, a poet whose work was admired by Coleridge and a mistress to the most powerful men in England and yet whose fortunes were nevertheless precarious, always on the brink of being squandered through recklessness, excess and passion.
There is something for EVERYONE in this list. I am going to try and read a few, I hope you will find something you are interested in... :read:
Anna Fitzgerald is thirteen years old. From the moment she was born, she knew she was special. Because Anna is a miracle of modern science – she was genetically created to save the life of her sister, Kate.
Kate has acute promyelocytic leukaemia. Anna is her allogenic donor – a perfect sibling match. Kate has spent much of her life in and out of hospital. And Anna, who is perfectly healthy, has spent most of her life in hospital with her.
Now Anna has had enough. So sheÂ’s found a lawyer from the newspaper and sheÂ’s going to persuade him to take on her case. SheÂ’s going to sue her parents for the right to her own body.
Gripping, thought-provoking, heart-breaking, My SisterÂ’s Keeper is a novel absolutely of our times.
PERDITA: THE LIFE OF MARY ROBINSON - Paula Byrne
Sex, fame and scandal in the theatrical, literary and social circles of late-eighteenth century England. One of the most flamboyant women of the late-eighteenth century, Mary Robinson's life was marked by reversals of fortune. After being raised by a middle-class father, Mary was married, at age fourteen, to Thomas Robinson. His dissipated lifestyle landed the couple and their baby in debtors' prison, where Mary wrote her first book of poetry and met lifelong friend Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire.
On her release, Mary quickly became one of the most popular actresses of the day, famously playing Perdita in The Winter's Tale for a rapt audience that included the Prince of Wales, who fell madly in love with her. She later used his copious love letters for blackmail.
This authoritative and engaging book presents a fascinating portrait of a woman who was variously darling of the London stage, a poet whose work was admired by Coleridge and a mistress to the most powerful men in England and yet whose fortunes were nevertheless precarious, always on the brink of being squandered through recklessness, excess and passion.
There is something for EVERYONE in this list. I am going to try and read a few, I hope you will find something you are interested in... :read:
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